February 2020
Property tycoon John Whittaker is to sell a 25% stake in Peel Ports Group to Melbourne-based pension fund investor AustralianSuper. Peel Ports owns Liverpool, Clydeport and Medway in the UK, according to a report in the Sunday Telegraph. The newspaper said that Whittaker was trying to wind down his Peel Holdings conglomerate, and was also looking to raise as much as £1bn in an emergency rights issue for troubled shopping ...
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The Unite trade union says that a dispute over the outsourcing of workers at the port of Felixstowe has been settled. The row flared up late last year after 116 engineers at Felixstowe docks took strike action on 27 and 28 December in a dispute over a possible transfer to ...
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The Police Service of Northern Ireland says that it has foiled a plot by dissident Republicans to set off a lorry bomb in or near the port of Belfast on Brexit Day, 31 January. Following a tip-off, anti-terrorist officers carried out a search of the docks area and ferries, but ...
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Signatories to the TIR Convention adopted a new legal framework to make the system fully digital on 5 February. The next steps entail implementing digital corridors, so that customs authorities and transport operators are able to use fully electronic solutions as soon as possible, set for May 2021.
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The Sogester Container Terminal in the port of Luanda, southern Angola has taken delivery of an LH800 mobile harbour crane, with a 20-row outreach. It will enable it to efficiently handle the largest vessels calling at the port. Later in the year two other cranes will be commissioned, both with ...
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NVOCC Shipco is offering weekly LCL service from Surabaya on Java, Indonsia to Felixstowe. Transit time is 30 days.
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The Transported Asset Protection Association (TAPA) has honoured the State Criminal Office of Saxony-Anhalt’s EU Project CARGO initiative for its contribution in reducing cargo thefts.
In recognition of the achievement of the project, TAPA president and chief executive Thorsten Neumann, presented a TAPA Excellence Award to Interior Minister Holger Stahlknecht, describing ...
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Middlesbrough port and logistics specialist AV Dawson has promoted Charlie Nettle from head of commercial and marketing to a new directorial position on the board to help drive forward the business’ growth strategy. Making use of his strong links in the commercial and marketing sectors, he is now responsible for ...
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Cooper Specialised Handling is to triple the number of reach stackers at the iPort Rail terminal in Doncaster and establish a purpose-built workshop. The 15-month-old iPort Rail recently inaugurated its fifth daily rail freight service, with trains now running each day to and from Felixstowe, Teesport, and Southampton. More services ...
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DHL Global Forwarding has expanded its online quotation and booking service to include full-container-loads. The service myDHLi Quote + Book now makes instant bookings for air and ocean freight as well as door-to-door shipments and enables customers to compare available options and directly book the selected carrier. Users can also ...
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